1.3-hectare solar farm proposed at Drumman and Errigal, Cootehill, Co. Cavan

In context

It is one of 5 solar farm applications Cavan County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 335 nationally. Of the 573 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 92% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Cavan County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

- RED III - for a 10-year planning permission for the provision of a Battery Energy Storage System and compound on a site of c. 1.27ha to support the adjacent permitted solar farm (CCC Reg. Ref.: 21/510). The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Ion Phosphate batteries, within 14 no. BESS units, and 3 no. twin skid units and a single skid unit. A control room (c. 27.6m2) is proposed to the west of the compound. The proposed development includes for all associated development, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all associated ancillary works